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Georgia will chase a third consecutive national championship in 2023 as the favorite in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for next season, ahead of the familiar run of teams that have come to dominate the Bowl Subdivision. The Bulldogs are followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Alabama, No. 4 Florida State and No. 5 Penn State. After an…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer TCU is looking to pull another upset. Georgia is trying to win a second straight national title. The third-ranked Horned Frogs and top-ranked Bulldogs face off in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night at Sofi Stadium. Georgia is a 12½-point favorite, according to FanDuel…

No. 3 North Dakota State hopes to keep its unprecedented run of FCS success going as the Bison face off against rival No. 1 South Dakota State in the Division I FCS championship game. After crushing Montana and Samford early in the playoffs, the Bison narrowly survived an upset attempt from No. 7 seed UIW in the FCS semifinals. North Dakota State…

Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images. Pictured: Kansas State Wildcats head coach Chris Klieman Alabama vs. Kansas State odds show the Crimson Tide as 7-point spread favorites against the Wildcats for the 2022 Sugar Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 31. In addition, live college football odds identify the latest Alabama vs. Kansas State…

By Chris Siers ~ [email protected] While the landscape of college football is in an ever-changing state, between NIL deals, transfer portals, realignment and expansion, one thing that hasn't changed is the fervor surrounding college football bowl games. The bowl season has certainly lost a bit of its luster over the years, with players opting out for…

No. 5 Alabama takes on No. 9 Kansas State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Saturday. Game time is scheduled for 12 p.m., and it will be televised on ESPN. Now in its ninth season, this is just the second time the College Football Playoff will not feature Alabama and Nick Saban. Although the Crimson Tide…

No. 5 Alabama Crimson Tide (10-2 SU, 5-6-1 ATS) vs. No. 9 Kansas State Wildcats (10-3 SU, 9-3-1 ATS) Allstate Sugar Bowl Preview Date/Time: Saturday December 31st, 2022. 8:00PM (EST) Where: Caesars Superdome New Orleans, LA TV: ESPN Point Spread: BAMA -6.5/KSU+6.5 (Deposit $100 and get $100 FREE when you use bonus code PREDICT100 at the web's most…

Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Kansas State When: Noon (ESPN) Line: Alabama -6.5 Alabama won't be playing for a national championship this season thanks to its two losses to Tennessee and LSU. Instead, the Tide will play in non-CFP New Year's Six bowl for the first time since 2019. Meanwhile, Kansas State was a pleasant surprise in the Big 12 this season.…

Depending on who you ask, the TCU Horned Frogs are either underrated or overrated. Regardless, a win over Kansas State could punch their ticket to the College Football Playoff. Our betting picks sort through the Frogs' chances at staying unbeaten. The Big 12 Championship is on the line at At&T Stadium as Kansas State (9-3) hopes for a different…

Alabama vs Kansas State prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Allstate Sugar Bowl, Saturday, December 31 Date: Saturday, December 31 Game Time: 12:00 ET Venue: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, LA How To Watch: ESPN Record: Alabama (10-2), Kansas State (10-3) - - By any normal standards it's been a wonderful football season for Alabama. It…

NCAAF12:38 PM, December 27, 2022John David Yonke If you were looking for unpredictable, competitive, scintillatingly fun football, then the Big 12 was the conference for you in 2022. With eight teams headed off to a bowl game, let's see how they stack up against one another by ranking them into tiers. 1. TCU Horned Frogs (12-1, 9-0 Big…

Alabama's season-long goal of making the College Football Playoff and eventually the National Championship wasn't to be, but the team is still in a New Year's Six Bowl game as they are set to face Kansas State in the Sugar Bowl. While opt outs are always concern for a team like Alabama that has a ton of NFL talent, the team is expected to have…

It would be tough to find a better turnaround story in college football than Max Duggan, the Texas Christian quarterback who started the season on the bench and is now attracting Heisman Trophy hype. Duggan is the main reason the Horned Frogs are 6-0, ranked No. 8 and tied atop the Big 12 standings. The senior has completed 69.5% of his passes…

Another great college football season has come and gone. Sure, we still have some bowl games to get through but for some teams, the season is over. Before we know it, July will have come around and we will all be picking our preseason Big 12 teams for next year. However, before we get into the offseason, I wanted to look back at some of my picks…

For Kansas State, a trip to the Sugar Bowl will serve as a hard-earned reward for an outstanding season, capped by an overtime win in the Big 12 championship game. For Alabama, it is effectively a consolation prize. Saturday, Dec. 31, noon at Caesars Superdome, New Orleans. ESPN is airing the game. Kansas State has been surprising people all…

The team many Alabama football fans were rooting for in the Big 12 conference championship, Kansas State, is the Crimson Tide's next opponent. For Alabama to have any sort of chance to make the College Football Playoff heading into Sunday, it needed TCU to lose. That happened in overtime, but still it wasn't enough to bump the one-loss Horned Frogs…

Conference championship weekend is finally upon us as the top teams in college football enter their final opportunity to make their case ahead of bowl season - or, for those select few, to sway the committee and earn a spot in the College Football Playoff. With 20 teams vying for a conference crown over this jam-packed weekend, there's no shortage…

college football odds series for our Kansas Kansas State prediction and pick. The Kansas State Wildcats have played in the Big 12 Championship Game before, but not since the Big 12 Championship Game was renewed. The Big 12 Championship Game debuted in 1996, when Texas knocked Nebraska out of the BCS National Championship Game, but in 2011, the Big…

The Kansas Jayhawks (6-5) and the (#12) Kansas State Wildcats (8-3) will battle for the Governor's Cup in the 120th meeting of the football version of the Sunflower Showdown. Kansas leads the all-time series 65-49-5, with Kansas State winning thirteen straight dating back to 2009. The Jayhawks are 1-5 since starting the season 4-0, most recently…

No. 3 Michigan pounded away at No. 2 Ohio State until the Buckeyes crumbled. For the second straight season, the rivalry game painted the Wolverines as the tougher, stronger, better coached and more consistent team and program - and if once could be pitched as a fluke, two blowouts in a row strongly suggests a trend has developed. Ahead 31-23…

Following a 48-31 road win at West Virginia, Kansas State returns home to close out the 2022 regular season with the annual Dillons Sunflower Showdown against in-state rival KU. The Wildcats can clinch a berth in the Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship with a win against the Jayhawks. The game will be televised nationally on FOX with a 7 p.m. kickoff…

The 2022 FCS playoffs are here. Who are the top contenders to win the national title? Who are the long-shots? Every week, I will rank my favorites to win the championship out of the remaining teams in the field. This list will get knocked down from 24 to 16 to eight to four, and then it's national title time. This is NOT a ranking of the 24 best…

The Kansas State Wildcats will travel to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers in a Saturday afternoon Big 12 college football matchup. Let's continue our college football odds series and make our Kansas State-West Virginia prediction and pick. Kansas State has gone 7-3 this season, including a 5-2 record in Big 12 play. In their last two…

The 2022 college football season wrapped up Week 10 and the Big 12 season is heading down the home stretch. There were five games this week, with West Virginia upsetting Oklahoma 23-20, Oklahoma State beat Iowa State 20-14, Kansas State rolling Baylor 31-3, Texas Tech holding off Kansas 43-28 and TCU upsetting Texas 17-10. So now it's time for our…

Every day for the entirety of the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, college football, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an…

Two teams in the thick of the Big 12 conference title race will face off Saturday with the Kansas State Wildcats traveling to Waco to take on a red-hot Baylor Bears team. Last Saturday was an extremely disappointing result for the Wildcats (6-3, 4-2 Big 12), who had a prime opportunity to inch closer to a berth in the Big 12 Championship Game with…

Nearly two full months have passed since former Nebraska football head coach Scott Frost was relieved of his duties. Athletic director Trev Alberts has succeeded in keeping his national coaching search quiet in the time since as the Huskers play through the 2022 season. Nonetheless, Alberts will most likely make a decision before the end of the…

Check out FanDuel's 2022 college football over under win total odds, including the Oklahoma State over under win total prediction, part of our college football odds series. The Oklahoma State Cowboys, who barely missed making the BCS National Championship Game in the 2011 season when Alabama played LSU in a regular-season rematch, entered 2021 as a…

college football odds series for our Kansas State Iowa State prediction and pick. This game is a must-win for Iowa State. The Cyclones have dropped multiple Big 12 games, and it's only the start of October. Iowa State reached the Fiesta Bowl two years ago, the first time in school history the program made a top-tier bowl game. It has been hard for…

This article is part of our College Football Picks series. Sports betting is close to launching in Maryland and Ohio. Users in those states can get ahead of the game using the BetMGM Maryland Bonus Code or BetMGM Ohio Bonus Code for pre-live offers. If you go by common opponent alone, The #13 Kansas State Wildcats should cruise on Saturday against…

Texas football got a significant win this weekend to get the road monkey off its back in a big way. Head coach Steve Sarkisian and No. 24 ranked Texas was able to down head coach Chris Klieman and the No. 13 ranked Kansas State Wildcats on the road at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan on Nov. 5. Following the 34-27 win on the road over Kansas…

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football, where fans were introduced to the varied animal life- green dogs and rats -in Tuscaloosa: A new, attractive FBS coaching option materialized Monday when the Carolina Panthers fired Matt Rhule. He was a bad fit in the NFL-or at least a bad fit with a franchise that never gave…

Let's get this party started. College football betting is finally back after an excruciating seven-month absence, with Georgia fans basking in the glow of a national championship and successful bettors longing for the days of endless kickoffs and nonstop gridiron action. Sure, Week 0 was great, but this is where the real fun begins. Week 1 in…

Is Week 6 of the college football season too early for a must-win game? Because that's the scenario we might be in for the Iowa State Cyclones (3-2), who are 0-2 in the Big 12 as they get set to host the Kansas State Wildcats (4-1, 2-0). After beginning the season 3-0, the Cyclones have lost two straight conference games by a combined 10 points as…

Matt Campbell looks toward Saturday's game against Kansas StateIowa State coach Matt Campbell found some positives in the Kansas loss that can carry over to the Kansas State game. AMES - Buckle up for another week aboard the Big 12's roller coaster. Highs. Lows. Unpredictable bumps.

No. 6 Oklahoma begins its Big 12 schedule Saturday night when it plays host to Kansas State in what has been considered somewhat of a trap game for the Sooners in recent years. The Brent Venables era is off to a solid start in Norman, Oklahoma, however, following blowout victories over UTEP, Kent State and Nebraska. The Sooners dominated the…

Yes, things are looking grim. And I'm not here to make an excuse for my college football struggles. I'm here to make many: 1) It's a marathon, not a sprint. 2) My NFL picks in this newspaper are 23-9 (and out tomorrow!), so I can't be completely washed up. 3) Favorites went 15-0 straight up and 14-1 against the spread in the games from the column…

At his best, Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson is a dangerous runner and dynamic playmaker. At worst, he has trouble passing with accuracy and directs a one-dimensional offense that's too predictable. Richardson must be at his best and find ways to hit on a few big pass plays if the Gators are going to hang with 11th-ranked Tennessee on…

Welcome to Week 4 of the college football season. Each week, our VSiN experts will combine to give their best bets on select games. It was a 6-6 showing for Week 3, but we're dusting ourselves off and we're back at it for Week 4. Odds are from DraftKings (unless noted) as of Wednesday night. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. ET Adam Burke: We started to see some…

Thursday night college football is back this week to kick off a truly great slate of games. But first, a couple notes on the advanced ratings systems we like to reference: At this point in the season, the Sagarin ratings are better than the SP+ ratings. Prior year ratings weigh way more heavily in the SP+ ratings - and for longer - whereas Sagarin…

While I got ya, here are nine things and one crazy prediction: Some bark from Sark. Texas' Steve Sarkisian is getting feistier by the minute, which is fine. He was a little Nick Sabanish on Monday when he was asked which quarterback was taking first-team snaps and he answered, "That's for me." It's the first time he hasn't been more candid about…

While I got ya, here are nine things and one crazy prediction: 1. High praise from Herbie. Kirk Herbstreit may be president of the Steve Sarkisian Fan Club. He made it clear in an interview session Tuesday. "I'm a believer. I like where they're going," Herbstreit told me. "I don't know if they're ready to compete in the Big 12 this year or if…